From COMMENT 6:40pm

Flash in Japan

One good quarter does not alter longer term challenges

May 18, 2012

Osaka mayor has old guard running scared

Supporters pin hopes for reform on boyish populist

May 17, 2012

Consumers return Japan to growth path

Pent-up demand after tsunami tragedy fuels spending rise

May 17, 2012

Japanese bank freezes Iranian assets

Move follows order from US court pursuing damages for bombing

From COMMENT May 17, 2012

Truth behind Japan’s free and open market

Japan can claim its market is fully open, knowing nothing will be imported, writes Clyde Prestowitz

May 17, 2012

Japanese GDP grows 1% in first quarter

Annualised growth rate of 4.1% seen as unsustainable

May 16, 2012

BoJ misses bond buying target

Central bank pumping more cash than markets can absorb

From LEX May 15, 2012

Japan’s megabanks: travel time

The lenders have ventured overseas before and suffered but another visit might be timely

May 13, 2012

China, Japan and S Korea in free trade talks

Asian powers sign investment pact at Beijing summit

May 10, 2012

Japan posts second monthly surplus

Data ease fears over ability to manage debt

May 2, 2012

Japanese donate to buy disputed islands

Tokyo government appeals for help with Senkaku purchase

Apr 27, 2012

Japan scraps postal privatisation plans

Parliament reverses Koizumi policy in landslide vote

Apr 27, 2012

US and Japan revise Okinawa agreement

Plan to relocate 9,000 marines to Guam and other sites

Apr 27, 2012

BoJ adds Y5tn to asset purchase plan

Bank seeks to fight slowing growth and deflation

Apr 26, 2012

Ozawa cleared in political funding case

‘Shadow shogun’ set to attempt return to Japanese politics

From MARKETS Apr 25, 2012

BoJ easing looks set to be a domestic affair

Analysts not expecting increased liquidity to find its way overseas

From MARKETS Apr 24, 2012

Tokyo looks abroad for energy supplies

Japan focuses on booming US shale gas industry

Apr 22, 2012

Japan waives most of its Myanmar debt

Investment opportunities in infrastructure set to be created

From COMPANIES Apr 20, 2012

Olympus defies critics with new board

Ousted Woodford berates scandal-hit company

Apr 19, 2012

Japan posts record annual trade deficit

Rising energy costs add to pressure for nuclear restart

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